Name that piece! The game

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Just joking...  Guess guess!!

[Amfortas]

Just joking...  Guess guess!!

Ok, only I can't! 

Oh alright! 
The orchestration sounds like Hindemith a bit to me, but less congested....maybe one of his Kammermusiken?

[Opus106]

Nein.

[Hattoff]

Sounds like Martinu? But, I can't identify the clip, I'm spoilt for choice and it seems that I have Alzheimers.
I know Young Apollo but, again, couldn't think what it was

[Opus106]

Sounds like Martinu?

It is indeed Martinu! Does anyone want to have a go at the name of piece or shall I out it now?

[Amfortas]

It is indeed, Martinu! Does anyone want to have a go at the name of piece or shall I out it now?

Wow, I am a dismal failure in this game. I thought I knew Martinu, even wrote a huge paper on his Epic of Gilgamesh....

Your clip doesn't sound like one of the symphonies to me, but of course I could be wrong 

[Opus106]

Your clip doesn't sound like one of the symphonies to me, but of course I could be wrong 

It's the opening of his oboe concerto. I heard this piece for the first time just yesterday, and it was the first thing that came to mind once it was my turn to post. I limited the clip to the rather arbitrary 55-second mark because within a few seconds was the soloist's entrance. You're up, Hattoff.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Hats off to Hattoff! Mr Memory returns!

[Hattoff]

The tablets do work

Here's the next one.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/NHwgq0t5/a_riot.html

I haven't got that Martinu work but it's hard to forget his soundworld

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Well, it sounds like the Finale of a tasteful Violin Concerto. Whose, I don't know.

[Opus106]

Sarasate?

[Hattoff]

It's not quite a violin concerto and it's not Sarasate. 

I think guessing the composer will turn out to be good enough though.

[Amfortas]

It's the opening of his oboe concerto. I heard this piece for the first time just yesterday, and it was the first thing that came to mind once it was my turn to post.

I have the rare Philips CD of this with Honegger and Martin on it. And I remember liking the Martinu as well

[Opus106]

I have the rare Philips CD of this with Honegger and Martin on it. And I remember liking the Martinu as well

And, BTW, the music in the clip was performed by the Netherlands Radio Symphony conducted by Gabriel Chmura. And if I had included the oboe parts, that would have been played by Pauline Oostenrijk. It's from a concert that took place at the Concertgebow in 1998.



Re: Hattoff's clip, it does sound like something that I may have listened to before -- a lot of mid-late romantic works for violin and orchestra were a staple in my listening a few years ago.

[Brian]

Methinks the composer is not good enough an orchestrator to be Sarasate, or Hubay. Benjamin Godard?

[Hattoff]

You have a good point there although I don't think the recording helps,
It's not Godard.
Eveyone needs to go further northish.

[Brian]

You have a good point there although I don't think the recording helps,
It's not Godard.
Eveyone needs to go further northish.

Well that suggests Sinding, who has at least three works for violin and orchestra that aren't concertos (a romance, a legende, a suite) though I haven't heard them.

[Hattoff]

Not Sinding. Go east from there.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Is it the Polish composer Lipinski? He wrote several very attractive Violin Concertos. If I'm correct, I won't have time to upload!!

[Hattoff]

No, not Lipinski.

In some ways I wish I hadn't put this clip up, so here's a fun clue.

If you ask me how do I find this composer on my computer?
The answer is, I cue "Czar" when playing.

Apologies to all, that's really bad.